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> [I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/i-need-to-be-very-hungry-all-the-time-i-need-to-be-very-hungry-to/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

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## More by Amelie Nothomb

> [God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/god-isn-t-chocolate-he-s-the-encounter-between-chocolate-and-the/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“The nature of the epistolary genre was revealed to me: a form of writing devoted to another person. Novels, poems, and so on, were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/the-nature-of-the-epistolary-genre-was-revealed-to-me-a-form-of/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“I glanced at the contents of what I was photocopying. They were the rules of the golf club of which Mister Saito was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/i-glanced-at-the-contents-of-what-i-was-photocopying-they-were-the/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“Principio según el cual una persona que me había enseñado a atarme los cordones de los zapatos no podía decir cualquier cosa”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/principio-seg-n-el-cual-una-persona-que-me-hab-a-ense-ado-a-atarme/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't the ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/as-she-went-on-with-her-labour-she-became-aware-that-she-had-schubert/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [It's while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: 'So, that's what I really thought about this thing'. Then it feels part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/it-s-while-writing-that-suddenly-a-point-of-view-appears-so-that-s/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“I have a Ph.D. in masturbation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/i-have-a-ph-d-in-masturbation/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [ “If I knew what I was thinking \[...\] I would never have become a writer.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/if-i-knew-what-i-was-thinking-i-would-never-have-become-a-writer/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [The purpose of the photograph is to reveal the love that is felt in a single image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/the-purpose-of-the-photograph-is-to-reveal-the-love-that-is-felt-in-a/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/of-course-you-have-memories-and-these-memories-are-convincing-but-it/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/when-you-have-a-lot-of-success-you-don-t-need-vanity-any-more/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [It’s true that someone will always say that good and evil don’t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/it-s-true-that-someone-will-always-say-that-good-and-evil-don-t-exist/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/war-reveals-people-s-deeper-nature-i-don-t-like-that-idea-it-would/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/society-conspires-against-her-from-early-infancy-her-brain-is/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

> [If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will bring to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/if-you-admire-yourself-in-the-mirror-let-it-be-in-fear-and-not/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

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